Trace-carrier



(Nomaden l G. HANKE v8T C. LECKBAND.

TRACE CARRIER.

No. 585,438. Patented June 29, 1897.

l FLM NTTED STATES PATENT Critics.

GUSTAV I-IANKE AND CHRIST ILECKBAND, OF ADAIR, IOWA.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,438, dated June 29, 1897.

Application nea october 26,1896. sereine. 610,124. (Nomaden T0 all whom t muy concern,.-

Be it known that we, GUSTAV IIANKE and CHRIST LECKBAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Adair, in the county of Adair and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Trace-Carrier, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

This invention aims to provide a trace-carrier of improved construction which will facilitate the attachment and disconnecting of the traces therefrom when required.

A feature of the invention is the provision of a device of the character set forth which will admit of the ends of the traces being coupled to the carrier by a snapping action and which ends when drawn upon with sufficient force will automatically disengage themselves, thereby enabling this operation to be accomplished in less time than is possible with devices of like construction as generally provided. i

Various other objects and advantages will suggest themselves as the nature of the improvement is disclosed, and to this and other ends reference is to be had to the following description and the gures of the drawings hereto attached, in which corresponding and like parts are designated by the same referencecharacters.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a trace-carrier constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the base or :main portion of the device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the spring carrying the lugs or projections to engage with the ends or cockeyes of the traces.

The base or main portion of the carrier comprises a plate l, having end loops 2 for attachment therewith of the straps leading to the breeching and side loops 3 for connection thereto of the back-band strap. This plate arches or curves slightly between its ends to obtain a comfortable fit upon the animal and is formed with longitudinal flanges 4 at its sides and a transverse bridge 5 intermediate of its ends and joined to the longitudinal flanges. The sides of the bridge 5 are curved and merge into the inner sides of the ianges 4 and form therewith seats or spaces for the reception of the ends or cockeyes of the traces. The longitudinal flanges 4 decline from a point midway of their ends, and the top side of the bridge correspondingly ldeclines and is slightly below the plane of the upper edge of the said anges 4, so as to receive the spring 6, which is tted upon the bridge and comes between the longitudinal Iianges 4. The end portions of the spring 6 extend over the recesses formed at the ends of the base upon op.

posite sides of the bridge 5 and are supplied with tapering lugs or projections 7, which eX- `tend into the said recesses and engage with the ends or cockeyes of the traces and retain A them in place when engaged with the carrier. These lugs or projections 7 are secured to the ends of the spring 6 in any substantial and iirm manner either by rivets or in anyway found most convenient. A bolt 8 or kindred fastening connects the spring 6 with the base and passes centrally through the spring and bridge portion of the plate. A ring 9 has connection with the head of the bolt or fastening and is a convenient means for tightening or loosening the bolt to vary the tension of the spring, whereby the tapering lugs or projections 7 are held against the plate with a greater or less force and whereby the resistance to the coupling and uncoupling of the traces from the carrier may be adjusted or regulated at will.

Having thus Adescribed the invention, what is claimed as new is A new article of manufacture, a trace-carrier consisting of a plate curving longitudinally and having end and side loops, and formed on its outer side with longitudinal iianges and an intermediate bridge, the opposite sides of the bridge curving outwardly from a central point and merging into the sides of the longitudinal flanges and forming end recesses, and the top of the bridge being in a lower plane than the top edge of the flanges, a longitudinally-curved spring fitted upon the bridge and between the said longi- IOO tudinal anges, and having tapering,` lugs at our own We have hereto affixed oursignatures its ends extending into the aforesaid recesses, in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

and a bolt or fastening adjustably connecting GUSTAV HAN KE.

the spring with the bridge and adapted to Vary CHRIST LEOKBAND, 5 its tension, substantially in the manner set Witnesses:

forth for the purpose specified. JOHN CARNEY,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as I F. E. GATES. 

